Civil War | Historic Site
Nottoway Plantation
Louisiana
31025 Route 1
White Castle, LA 70788
United States
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This is the largest plantation home in the South, an outstanding example of the opulent lifestyle enjoyed by the wealthy sugar planter before the Civil War. The three-story mansion has sixty-four rooms and was considered immense even by the standards of the antebellum "Golden Age."
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